Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Funding: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session : Special Hearing, Department of Health and Human Services, Nondepartmental WitnessesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 285 pages |
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Page 282 - Chairman Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr.
Page 114 - Soiled surfaces should be promptly cleaned with disinfectants, such as household bleach (dilute 1 part bleach to 10 parts water). Disposable towels or tissues should be used whenever possible, and mops should be rinsed in the disinfectant. Those who are cleaning should avoid exposure of open skin i. * lesions or mucous membranes to the blood or body fluids".
Page 89 - The efficacy of condoms in preventing infection with HTLV-III is unproven, but the consistent use of them may reduce transmission. 5. Toothbrushes, razors, or other implements that could become contaminated with blood should not be shared.
Page 95 - Suramin protection of T cells in vitro against infectivity and cytopathic effect of HTLV-III.
Page 116 - Public Health Service Plan for the Prevention and Control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS...
Page 90 - ... hydrogen peroxide, or b) a fresh solution containing 5,000 parts per million (mg/L) free available ' chlorine — a 1/10 dilution of common household bleach (sodium hypochlorite), or c) 70% ethanol, or d) 70% isopropanol. The device should be thoroughly rinsed in tap water and dried before reuse. • Contact lenses used in trial fittings should be disinfected between each fitting. Hard lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses, and soft lenses should be disinfected with a commercially available hydrogen...
Page 112 - August 20. 1985. 183 of the 12.599 reported cases of AIDS in the United States were among children under 1 8 years of age This number is expected to double in the next year Children with AIDS have been reported from 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with 75% residing in New York, California. Florida, and New Jersey. The 183 AIDS patients reported to CDC represent only the most severe form of HTLVIII'LAV infection, ie.
Page 87 - Md., cosponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), FDA and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), heard that blood and plasma collecting facilities have begun routine testing for this antibody and that all blood found to be reactive must be discarded. At...
Page 75 - TJ, Des Jarlais DC, Marmor M, et al: Prevalence of antibody to lymphadenopathyassociated virus among drug-detoxification patients in New York.
Page 90 - ... candidiasis, diagnosed by microscopy or by presence of characteristic white plaques grossly on the bronchial mucosa (not by culture alone); 4. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of high-grade pathologic type (diffuse, undifFerentiated) and of B-cell or unknown immunologic phenotype, diagnosed by biopsy; 5. Histologically confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma in patients who are 60 years old or older when diagnosed. b. In the absence of the opportunistic diseases required by the current case definition, a histologically...